Like this "circa 1970" Speedmaster in the $4-600 range? You could spend a little more on a "professional" from 1969 with the NASA caseback... Or really give that wallet a hit with some of the newer versions ... This guide is from 2001. You can now all kick yourselves or feel suitably smug, depending on when you started buying.
There is too much money in the world. Quadri-trillions more dollars in existence now than even just 10 years ago. It all has to go somewhere. And ultimately it will all go up in flames. We are doomed.
Here's a good one. The "Olympic Timer" stop watch cost four times that of a 13ZN chronograph. Having said, those stop watches were top-class, and featured outstanding (and beautiful) movements. Perhaps the more amusing comparison is with the tiny Nurse's watch, as the 13ZN cost just 2.5x as much! Now? Oh, anywhere from 100 to 1000x
Sorry does that mean you can buy a 70s speedy in 2001 for $400 or that is the price of a speedy in the 70s reported in 2001?
The book was printed in 2001 and the prices quoted are those you should expect to pay for a "1970s" Speedmaster in 2001. However, the watch illustrated isn't a 1970s watch. It's a pre-professional Ed White or earlier ... something that you can't get today below £10,000 in pretty much any condition (assuming it's "correct"). A lot of the illustrations and descriptions are off so I'm not claiming that the prices are gospel. Did anyone buy a BA145.022 in 2001?
Unfortunately/ fortunately I grew up in Bangkok and was definitely drinking in my teens. Much earlier then 2001...